Olav Hammer, Ph.D. (2000), Lund University (Sweden), is Professor
of the Study of Religions at the University of Southern Denmark. He
has published monographs, edited volumes and numerous articles on
religious innovation in the contemporary West, including the
Theosophical current.
Mikael Rothstein, Ph.D. (1993), University of Copenhagen (Denmark),
is Associate Professor of History of Religions at he University of
Copenhagen, and tenured Guest Professor at the Vytautas Magnus
University, Kaunas. He has published widely on new religions,
including monographs and edited volumes in Danish and English.
Contributors include: Michael Abravanel, W. Michael Ashcraft, Egil
Asprem, Tessel M. Bauduin, Katharina R. Brandt, Joscelyn Godwin,
Ingvild Sælid Gilhus, Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, Olav Hammer, Siv
Ellen Kraft, Isaac Lubelsky, Lisbeth Mikaelsson, Sean O'Callaghan,
Christopher Partridge, Mikael Rothstein, Tim Rudbøg, Anita
Stasulane, Garry Trompf , Shanon Trosper Schorey, and Catherine
Wessinger.
"The Handbook is an indispensable addition to the growing body of
scholarship on Theosophy. It provides enough range and diversity to
appeal to readers’ curiosity about the movement’s history,
institutions, and leaders."
Gauri Viswanathan, Columbia University, Journal of Religion in
Europe, Vol. 8
"This volume is a valuable contribution to the study of the
Theosophical Society and its influence not only for its clear and
organised presentation of existing research but the platform it
creates for ongoing and future work in this large and complex
area."
Collin Duggan, Aigne, 2014
"This wide-ranging scholarly overview of the modern Theosophical
movement, or rather movements, is a welcome addition to literature
on that influential, but somewhat understudied, current of
spirituality."
Robert Ellwood, University of Southern California, Nova Religio,
Vol. 17, No. 3
"It is a collection of contributions which provide reliable
information on important aspects of theosophy. In this perspective,
the book is highly valuable and a starting point for every further
research."
Helmut Zander, Universität Fribourg, H-Soz-u-Kult (2014)
"The book has comprehensive references and a good index. It will
provide the student with an accurate overview of the Theosophical
movement, through both its past and present currents. It may also
stimulate further investigation of the influences of Blavatsky and
her followers in the development of a number of manifestations of
contemporary spirituality"
Kevin Tingay, Bath Spa University, UK,Journal of Contemporary
Religion 29:1
"This volume is important for collections on new religions,
esotericism, and culture."
Erin Prophet, Rice University, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 41,
No. 1
"The fact of the book’s cohesion, compounded with the remarkably
high quality of the component essays, makes the Handbook of the
Theosophical Current required reading for any scholar whose work
touches at all on the Theosophical Society, its dominant current,
or the myriad of related organizations and movements which emerged
in its wake (...) As is typical of books in the Brill Handbooks on
Contemporary Religion series, the volume is handsomely produced,
with high quality binding and paper, resulting in a book which
should easily withstand either the rigors of library ownership, or
the heavy reference use of an individual owner."
Christopher A. Plaisance, Correspondence Vol. 4 (2016).
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